I Automated My Cat’s Feeder with a Raspberry Pi: An Honest Post-Mortem
Three versions, one stripped servo, and a time zone bug that fed the cat at midnight. Everything I learned building the feeder she deserves.
Three versions, one stripped servo, and a time zone bug that fed the cat at midnight. Everything I learned building the feeder she deserves.
Eleven iterations taught me that the best remote setup is the boring one: one screen, three tools, a wired connection — and a hard stop.
Working from home with a cat sounds charming. In practice it is guardrails, patience, and hard calendar edges — lessons my feline coworker enforced on day one.